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Professor Matt Trau and PhD student Jing Wang New cancer monitoring technology worth its weight in gold A new blood test using gold nanoparticles could soon give oncologists an early and more accurate prognosis of how cancer treatment is …

Research shows killing cancer cells can also drive tumor growth By Jacqueline Mitchell Cancer therapies including radiation and chemotherapy seek to treat the disease by killing tumor cells. Now a team including researchers at Harvard Medical School and Beth …

Stanford scientists have developed a synthetic substitute for a drug derived from Bugula neritina, or spiral-tufted bryozoan. (Image credit: Fitzgerald Marine Reserve Docent/Creative Commons) New method developed by Stanford chemists may replenish dwindling supply of a promising cancer …

Diamonds to shed light on signals in the brain By Anne Kirsten Frederiksen New quantum technological methods are to enable exploring what happens when a brain signal moves from A to B. This knowledge is essential to understanding the …

Crystal structure of FEN1 protein bound to its target DNA. When shown with the protein surface, the gateway through which a single-stranded DNA flap can enter is visible. Without the surface, the metal catalyst, shown as a gray ball, can …

Stephen Miller, PhD, the Judy Gugenheim Research Professor of Microbiology-Immunology and of Dermatology, was the lead author of the review. Identifying a Novel Target for Cancer Immunotherapy By Anna Willisms Targeting a molecule called B7-H4 — which blocks T-cells …

By tethering hundreds of tiny particles to the surfaces of tumor cells in the presence of a mechanical force, an MIT team made the cells much more vulnerable to attack by a drug that triggers cancer cells to commit suicide. …

Click for a full size image What it Means to Eat Well With Chemo Nutrition Tips During Cancer Treatment Eating a balanced diet can be tough during cancer treatment. Chemotherapy and other cancer treatments may cause certain side effects …

MIT Professor Regina Barzilay has struck up new research collaborations, drawn in MIT students, launched projects with local doctors, and begun empowering cancer treatment with the machine-learning insight that has already transformed many areas of modern life. Photo: Lillie Paquette/School …

The author, center, and Dr. Anna Conti, left, and student Kelsey Parrish with Conti’s Basset hound, Picasso, who had surgery for cancer. Via Colorado State University. William Cotton/CSU Photography, Author provided Click for a full size image How man’s …

Milk Thistle Click for a full size image The World is a Toxic Place, but This Powerful Herb Can Help By Ty Bollinger It never ceases to amaze me how our bodies are uniquely equipped to scavenge and eliminate the …

X. Chelsea Chen, a postdoctoral researcher at Berkeley Lab, holds a sample of a polymer membrane material that turned red when it soaked up a chemotherapy drug. The material is designed to bind the drug, based on its electric charge, …

Rare cancers are those where the incidence is less than six cases per 100,000 people. shutterstock Click for a full size image should the PBS change the way it lists cancer drugs? The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) spends over A$9 …

The laser irradiated area (the white square) shows live cancer cells (green) as well as dead cancer cells (red) as a result of the irradiation. Credit: Image courtesy of University at Buffalo Going beyond the surface: New tech could take …